Please be sure to find a ballet professional performance on youtube. I don’t think you need a formal reference, just include a link at the end of the review.

Review a Professional Production of a Ballet, Contemporary Ballet, or Modern Dance and include when it was performed

• Identify the Work/Title, the Company, Theatre or Performance Venue, and the Choreographer(s)

• Note if the performance was a story ballet or abstract piece of choreography and the date it was originally choreographed

• With your overview, describe what you saw onstage. Theatrical effects, lighting, sets, scenery or costumes

• What was the setting/location? What was the period? For instance Current, Victorian or Medieval

• Was there a plot or choreographic theme repeated throughout the work?

• Could you follow the story through the choreography or did you need to reference the summary or synopsis

• Was there a particular dancer(s) that interested you? Was the choreography well suited to his or her technique or acting skill?

• Did the company or group work well together? Musically, were the dancers well rehearsed?

• Did the choreography fit the musical phrases or did the steps seem unsuited to the music?

• Did the choreography allow you to understand the musical composition more clearly?

• Was the choreography new, unusual and interesting, or was it predictable, dry and unmoving?

• Did the choreography address topics such as the human spirit and temperament, or was the choreography used to make a broad social commentary?

• Observe the different choreographic patterns and the way dancers are moved on and offstage. Could you recognize lines, diagonals, groups in a swirling manner or curl?

• Emotionally, did the choreography and story ‘speak’ to you.

• Explain how you felt watching the piece and how you felt when it was finished. Were you joyful or sad? Were you uneasy, disturbed, uplifted, or optimistic?

• Did you have a favorite scene or Act? Why?

• If you watched a repertoire evening, (several pieces in the same performance), mention your favorite(s). Were the pieces well chosen to compliment each other choreographically and musically?

• If a choreographic concept was not well understood, what would have made it more accessible to an audience?

• Remember – A music video is not a Professional Theatrical Production